CAS PS 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Family Therapy, Homeostasis, Family Values
7 Aug 2018
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What is a family: shared biology/genetics, provide care/nurturance to each other, share residence, characterized by love/affection. Families share a common identity, history, purpose, expectations of a shared future. How do you enter a family: birth, adoption, marriage. Can people leave families: divorce, death, moving away/ cutting off. Nag/withdraw example stereotype is that wives nag in families and husbands withdraw: she has to keep nagging because he"s withdrawing, he has to withdraw because she keeps nagging. Homeostasis: how the family usually functions and organizes. Even though life is defined by change, families are trying to maintain some level of stability. Balancing the boat principle of family systems: each family member has to adjust their behavior based on the behavior of other family members in order to keep the boat a float, family members are very interdependent. Maintaining homeostasis inherent tension between: morphostasis: resisting to change, morphogenesis: adapting to change.
